Michael Lyon (B.A. in Fine Art and Asian Studies, Brigham Young University) is an illustrator for the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts. He has worked in several museums. He has been illustrating The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley since 1991.

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